Great Quality Beans But Bad Tasting Espresso? This is Why.
An all too common question I get, goes along the lines of “the coffee I’ve just bought, tastes like crap, it’s supposed to be high quality coffee, what’s going on?
I’ve even heard of people trying freshly roasted coffee, and then making the decision to go back to buying big brand mainstream coffee, deciding that this speciality coffee thing is all nonsense, as the McDonald’s commercials would have you believe (don’t flipping get me started…! Stick to Big Macs, Ronald!).
If this happens, don’t blame it on the coffee, here’s what to blame it on.
3 Tips for Set & Forget Espresso Machine Users: https://youtu.be/k-aKi-YS-TM
Simplifying Espresso Series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpvTS0sPQCo_ukCdc0rByrspcAlIpmkaU&si=ctDYMJ1vO9RV5wsc
The Jackson Brothers who wrote “Don’t Blame it On the Boogie”: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/20/mick-jackson-michael-jackson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOf5e89MS2c
The shocking amount of money that Mick Jackson from Yorkshire made from the song he wrote, that The Jackson 5 made famous, is apparently ZERO! Their publisher apparently sold the rights to the song without their approval, and they ended up in litigation, with the publisher but ultimately never earned a penny in Royalties as the songwriter from the huge amounts of income that the Jackson 5 version clearly raked in!
My big list of coffee roasters (UK & Ireland): https://coffeeblog.co.uk/coffee-roasters-uk/
Freshly roasted high-quality coffee beans from The Coffeeworks (my website): https://cworks.co.uk (use discount code yt25 for 25% off your first order).
Coffee blog: https://coffeeblog.co.uk
Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/coffeeblogkev
Current Gear:
Quick note. I’m including all of this info because when I was starting out, I found it really difficult to figure out what gear to use, so I’m hoping if there’s anyone looking to set up for YouTube, this might help. If you need more help just email me, kev at coffeeblog.co.uk – if I don’t know the answer I’ll ask the professionals.
I’m listing the current setup first that the pros are using, and then my original more budget setup.
The pro stuff (new studio setup, with brickovenmedia.co.uk)
Blackmagic Pocket 4K https://amzn.to/3EnYAKJ
Samyang 35 mm T1.5 VDSLR II Manual Focus Video Lens https://amzn.to/3RB4Q4I
VILTROX EF-M2 II Focal Reducer Booster Adapter Auto-Focus 0.71x compatible with Canon EF mount Lens to M43 Cameras https://amzn.to/3e37Qcp
Glide Gear TMP100 Adjustable iPad/Tablet/Smartphone Teleprompter Beam Splitter Glass https://amzn.to/3C7hRgt
Promptsmart Pro https://bit.ly/3CAhXPl (tablet prompter app, includes voice tracking, very good! If you have it more than a couple of metres away from you, just use a lav mic with an extension so it can year you).
Aputure LS COB 300D II LED Continuous Fresnel Light 300D Mark II https://amzn.to/3SVy4ft
Aputure Accent B7C 7W RGBWW LED Smart Bulbs https://amzn.to/3RD0ABu
aputure light dome ii https://amzn.to/3M5XjcY
Sennheiser MKH 60
Sanken Cos 11 Lavalier
If you’re interested in any of this gear but you don’t want to buy new, check out https://www.mpb.com/en-uk
My budget setup (prior to working with Brickoven):
Canon M6 Mark ii https://amzn.to/3zoczes (quick note, knowing what I now know I wish I’d have gone for the pocket 4k, which you can get used from MPB for a few hundred more.
Blue Ember Mic (used mainly for voiceovers): https://amzn.to/3pT6WR1
RØDE VideoMic Pro: https://amzn.to/3DV7xHg (note, it’s good for the £, but with what I now know thanks to the guys at Brickoven, I’d recommend the RØDE NTG4 https://amzn.to/3M8nIXy or RØDE NT5.
Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen USB Audio Interface: https://amzn.to/3e3qwFn
Amaran 100D LED Video Light, 130W 5500K (Key light): https://amzn.to/3oQYrqY
Aputure Light Dome SE Softbox: https://amzn.to/3ESdHcJ
Neewer Bi-color 660 LED Video Light and Stand Kit (Fill light): https://amzn.to/35jUtwp
Neewer Portable 56 inch/142 cm Aluminium Camera Tripods (I have a few of these, very good value) https://amzn.to/3pPlCke
Cayer BV30L tripod with fluid head https://amzn.to/3fJdEbr (mega tripod for the money!)
Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
0:52 Has this ever happened to you?
1:50 What’s the cause?
2:55 What is “set & forget” espresso?
3:50 Why does some coffee taste great without making tweaks?
5:28 A quick tip
6:97 Bean to cup / super automatic machines
7:29 Kev’s Pointless Fact, HEE-HEE
7:45 Outro
7:58 Tatty bye
Please note, affiliate links included above.
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